Carrie 📚🌱
@196books.bsky.social
I like books and I want to talk about them sometimes 📚🎧 mainly litfic/nonfic/memoir
33 📍🇬🇧 she/her
pan 🩷💛🩵 leftie 🍉🏳️🌈✊🏼
gamer 🎮 crafter/painter/journaler 🖌✂️✒️ nature lover 🌱
33 📍🇬🇧 she/her
pan 🩷💛🩵 leftie 🍉🏳️🌈✊🏼
gamer 🎮 crafter/painter/journaler 🖌✂️✒️ nature lover 🌱
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Carrie 📚🌱
@196books.bsky.social
· Jan 20
I'm Carrie 👋 she/her
Based in 🇬🇧
I read mainly litfic, memoir and non-fic, and I try to read diversely 📚
I'm reading at least 1 book from every country 🌎
I'm chronically introverted, chronically ill, and chronically online, but I'm trying my best 🥹
Based in 🇬🇧
I read mainly litfic, memoir and non-fic, and I try to read diversely 📚
I'm reading at least 1 book from every country 🌎
I'm chronically introverted, chronically ill, and chronically online, but I'm trying my best 🥹
Nature journaling ✏️🍃
April 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Nature journaling ✏️🍃
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March wrapped! 2 books read towards the Trans Rights Readathon as well as excellent reads from Palestine and Afghanistan
April 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
March wrapped! 2 books read towards the Trans Rights Readathon as well as excellent reads from Palestine and Afghanistan
chronic illness: I have the 'perfect' job - love my colleagues, treated well, given flexibility, fairly compensated, and my work is enjoyable and stimulating. Yet every Friday after I finish, the depression hits bad when I realise my weekend simply exists to replenish spoons to go back on Monday. 😭
March 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
chronic illness: I have the 'perfect' job - love my colleagues, treated well, given flexibility, fairly compensated, and my work is enjoyable and stimulating. Yet every Friday after I finish, the depression hits bad when I realise my weekend simply exists to replenish spoons to go back on Monday. 😭
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Future iteration of a screen time warning that I need
March 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Future iteration of a screen time warning that I need
Sunday scribbles - working on this page of my nature journal featuring this European Green Woodpecker
March 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Sunday scribbles - working on this page of my nature journal featuring this European Green Woodpecker
Here are my picks for the 🏳️⚧️ @trreadathon.bsky.social
I plan on reading more throughout the year to cover all the categories, but heres what I can realistically read this month! 💙🩷
I plan on reading more throughout the year to cover all the categories, but heres what I can realistically read this month! 💙🩷
March 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Here are my picks for the 🏳️⚧️ @trreadathon.bsky.social
I plan on reading more throughout the year to cover all the categories, but heres what I can realistically read this month! 💙🩷
I plan on reading more throughout the year to cover all the categories, but heres what I can realistically read this month! 💙🩷
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I present to you, 100 books with trans rep (trans umbrella, author/MC) ahead of the @trreadathon.bsky.social including some from the community recommendations event I hosted with @gracereadsaudio.bsky.social - thanks to everyone who came. Last box and alt will be in comments! 💙📚🌈 What's on your TBR?
March 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I present to you, 100 books with trans rep (trans umbrella, author/MC) ahead of the @trreadathon.bsky.social including some from the community recommendations event I hosted with @gracereadsaudio.bsky.social - thanks to everyone who came. Last box and alt will be in comments! 💙📚🌈 What's on your TBR?
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Reposted by Carrie 📚🌱
Can you *imagine* the international outcry if Hamas had killed 174 kids in one night for no better reason than a stall in ceasefire negotiations?
March 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Can you *imagine* the international outcry if Hamas had killed 174 kids in one night for no better reason than a stall in ceasefire negotiations?
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Now seems like a great time to reshare my LGBTQIA+ masterlist. 3,200+ books with a queer MC, that you can filter and search by multiple preferences, such as genre, target age group, representation, pairing, and additional tags like "dragons" #booksky
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LGBTQIA+ Fiction Masterlist
A masterlist of queer fiction books which can be sorted and filter by preferences such as genre, age group, representation, and romantic pairing.
beffynicolereads.wordpress.com
November 18, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Now seems like a great time to reshare my LGBTQIA+ masterlist. 3,200+ books with a queer MC, that you can filter and search by multiple preferences, such as genre, target age group, representation, pairing, and additional tags like "dragons" #booksky
beffynicolereads.wordpress.com/queer-fictio...
beffynicolereads.wordpress.com/queer-fictio...
Fed up of being gaslighted by medical professionals as a woman/person with chronic pain/illness. Just one minor incident in a line of many. Go to get my implant removed/replaced today. This is a procedure that 'doesn't hurt' according to the NHS website... (1/-)
March 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Fed up of being gaslighted by medical professionals as a woman/person with chronic pain/illness. Just one minor incident in a line of many. Go to get my implant removed/replaced today. This is a procedure that 'doesn't hurt' according to the NHS website... (1/-)
what a stunning bird
Hairy Woodpecker
#photography #birds 🪶
The Hairy Woodpecker is often mistaken for the smaller Downy Woodpecker. A key difference? The Hairy Woodpecker has a longer bill, nearly the same length as its head, making it an expert at foraging beneath tree bark for insects.
#photography #birds 🪶
The Hairy Woodpecker is often mistaken for the smaller Downy Woodpecker. A key difference? The Hairy Woodpecker has a longer bill, nearly the same length as its head, making it an expert at foraging beneath tree bark for insects.
March 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
what a stunning bird
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The Aurora Borealis and the Milky Way. Taken half way up Cairngorm mountain, which sounds impressive right? Until you realise that you can actually drive almost half way up. 😁
Goodnight #bluesky enjoy the rest of your day, evening, night and stay safe.
Goodnight #bluesky enjoy the rest of your day, evening, night and stay safe.
March 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The Aurora Borealis and the Milky Way. Taken half way up Cairngorm mountain, which sounds impressive right? Until you realise that you can actually drive almost half way up. 😁
Goodnight #bluesky enjoy the rest of your day, evening, night and stay safe.
Goodnight #bluesky enjoy the rest of your day, evening, night and stay safe.
I don't usually like posting pictures of myself, but oh boy, I felt sooo good this weekend channelling my inner Geralt of Rivia for a party. Cobbled together with second-hand finds, stuff from the back of the wardrobe and a cheap and nasty white wig I cut and restyled. Where's my Yennefer at?
March 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I don't usually like posting pictures of myself, but oh boy, I felt sooo good this weekend channelling my inner Geralt of Rivia for a party. Cobbled together with second-hand finds, stuff from the back of the wardrobe and a cheap and nasty white wig I cut and restyled. Where's my Yennefer at?
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Trans rights will forever be women's rights! 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
March 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Trans rights will forever be women's rights! 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
Reposted by Carrie 📚🌱
Reposted by Carrie 📚🌱
Looking to add some trans+ books by Black authors to your TBR? Here’s a list to get you started! We’ve included titles by African-American writers, African writers, and other storytellers from the Black diaspora, with a mix of books by trans+ authors and/or books starring trans characters. 🖤🤎🩵🩷🤍
March 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Looking to add some trans+ books by Black authors to your TBR? Here’s a list to get you started! We’ve included titles by African-American writers, African writers, and other storytellers from the Black diaspora, with a mix of books by trans+ authors and/or books starring trans characters. 🖤🤎🩵🩷🤍
Spring feelings today in the forest
March 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Spring feelings today in the forest
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March 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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It's been a bit of a varied month with long gaps of not reading (and then reading all day yesterday cause I have the flu). I've also been on a bit of a non-fiction blitz!
March 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
It's been a bit of a varied month with long gaps of not reading (and then reading all day yesterday cause I have the flu). I've also been on a bit of a non-fiction blitz!
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never again do I want to hear “women are too emotional to be world leaders” after that vengeful egotistical disgrace sits hunched over in that chair
February 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
never again do I want to hear “women are too emotional to be world leaders” after that vengeful egotistical disgrace sits hunched over in that chair
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For more detailed descriptions of the prompts, you can visit the StoryGraph. We'll also be defining our terms and sharing book recommendations throughout the month of March to help build your TBR, and find more trans+ books to read throughout the year. Follow for more. 💗 #trr25 #transrightsreadathon
![Follow along for recommendations for each prompt, or join the StoryGraph Challenge to contribute & find books now! [An image of the page as it appears on StoryGraph is included.] Search for the book on StoryGraph by searching for the title “Trans Rights Readathon 2025” or go to our website to join.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fqotxxf4z6pzzkr7ajj5isyx/bafkreihbwrftfx67wd5c2cnrmfbrioq4j6glsylyu4fjhxpa6nweqerkie@jpeg)
February 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
For more detailed descriptions of the prompts, you can visit the StoryGraph. We'll also be defining our terms and sharing book recommendations throughout the month of March to help build your TBR, and find more trans+ books to read throughout the year. Follow for more. 💗 #trr25 #transrightsreadathon
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Until men and boys are sent home from school instead of girls in tank tops, men and boys are taught that girls are “temptresses” and it is the burden of girls alone to ensure they don’t “tempt” them.
FEMINIST GIANT Daily Dose: 108 www.feministgiant.com/p/daily-dose...
FEMINIST GIANT Daily Dose: 108 www.feministgiant.com/p/daily-dose...
February 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Until men and boys are sent home from school instead of girls in tank tops, men and boys are taught that girls are “temptresses” and it is the burden of girls alone to ensure they don’t “tempt” them.
FEMINIST GIANT Daily Dose: 108 www.feministgiant.com/p/daily-dose...
FEMINIST GIANT Daily Dose: 108 www.feministgiant.com/p/daily-dose...